Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Ford was born on 25 July 1810, in Thatcham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Ford, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Sophia Derbidge, was 20. She married John Richens on 22 October 1835, in Preshute, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Preshute, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Manton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died in 1886, in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76, and was buried in Preshute, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Mary Richens in household of John Richens, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Ford, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Richens, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).
Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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